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Huntington Beach Union High School District educators, administrators and board trustees celebrate the start of a new partnership between Edison High School and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. (Huntington Beach Union High School District)

Weekly roundup: Edison High students help endangered trout with new campus lab, and more

Madeline Gray December 19, 2025

31st Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County cover

New Conditions of Children report offers a snapshot of OC education trends for 2025

Ian Hanigan December 18, 2025

Gigi Manning, 2025 OCMAA Award recipient for secondary media arts, stands with award sponsor and presenter Steven Brittan, president and CEO of the Laguna College of Art + Design.

Arts educators, leaders to be celebrated at 2026 OC Music and Arts Administrators Awards

Vicky Nguyen December 18, 2025

Participants and supporters, some dressed in team costumes, cheer from the stands during the Super Quiz Relay at the 2025 Orange County Academic Decathlon.

Academic event season is coming up. Here are some key dates for 2026.

Vicky Nguyen December 16, 2025

Sunburst cadets suit up for life after graduation

Nathaniel Martinez December 15, 2025

VIDEO: Getting to know the California School Dashboard

Ian Hanigan January 29, 2019

There was a time when a batch of standardized test scores was considered a passable snapshot of a school’s performance....

Students and staff from the Anaheim Union High School District

Student orators make their points at Project Soapbox speech competition

Ian Hanigan January 28, 2019

Orange County students demonstrated some impressive oratory skills during last month’s Project Soapbox showdown. And one of them has earned a...

Weekly roundup: MLK inspires Anaheim students’ service projects, volunteers scoop up trash in estuary, and more

Fermin Leal January 25, 2019

Even though it was a school holiday, Anaheim Union High School District students headed to their campus or into the communities Monday for projects that included assisting seniors with their tech gadgets, putting together care packages for veterans and cleaning up district...

Students smiling at the Orange County Academic Decathlon

OC Academic Decathlon kicks off this weekend for hundreds of students

Fermin Leal January 24, 2019

Hundreds of students from 41 local high schools will participate over two consecutive Saturdays in the 51st annual Orange County...

UCI to host ‘Adventures in Physics’ show and lecture for K-12 students

Ian Hanigan January 23, 2019

UCI’s School of Physical Sciences will host a physics show and lecture for K-12 students on Saturday, Feb. 2. Adults...

OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors leads Upper Newport Bay clean-up

Ian Hanigan January 23, 2019

More than 200 local volunteers scooped 600 pounds of trash from the Upper Newport Bay estuary on Saturday during a day of service hosted by OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors program to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Representatives from OCDE,...

Irvine Unified Superintendent Terry Walker

Irvine Unified has hired more than 1,100 teachers in eight years

Ian Hanigan January 22, 2019

Here’s a stat that caught our attention: The Irvine Unified School District has hired 1,156 teachers since 2011. That amounts...

An image of paper in a typewriter with the words "Orange County Education News"

Weekly roundup: Laguna district explores partnership with Irvine Valley College, L.A. teachers strike continues, and more

Ian Hanigan January 18, 2019

Laguna Beach High School could become the latest campus to offer its students college credits through a partnership with Irvine...

VH1 campaign helps restore music education in Anaheim schools

Fermin Leal January 16, 2019

Five years ago, there were no music programs at any campuses in the Anaheim Elementary School District. Today, all 23 campuses have instrumental programs, with 12 recently having received $40,000 in grants to help buy instruments and other gear for...

Orange Unified representatives pose with shovels

Orange Unified breaks ground on second of four new science centers

Ian Hanigan January 15, 2019

Seven months after breaking ground on a new science center at Orange High School, Orange Unified leaders were at it...